The Truth about Wounded Knee Many historical events have been twisted and distorted over the years in order to convince white Americans that we’re the most hostile and violent people on the planet. One such event is the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. The supposed perpetrators were the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry, and the…
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Know Your White Culture: Happy Birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
And a belated birthday to the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart… Me and my son watched the movie Amadeus last night in honor of Wolfgang’s Birthday. 260 Years later and the man’s work still brings me to tears.
Know Your Confederate History: Confederate Sniper Jack Hinson and his Rifle
The Story of Civil War Sniper Jack Hinson and His Rifle I can also recommend the book Jack Hinson’s One Man War, A Civil War Sniper by Lt. Col. Tom McKenney, USMC (Ret.)
Know Your WW2 History: The Invasion of Poland
The History and War Blog did an Outstanding Four Part Series on the Invasion of Poland beginning in 1939. Part 1: The Attack on Poland 1-17 September Part 2: Soviet Invasion and the Fall of Poland Part 3: The Exodus Part 4: The Aftermath Also as a cool supplement, Jeff over at The Inch…
Know Your WW1 Weapon’s History: The Flammenwerfer
Flammenwefer — World War I German Flamethrowers It appears the first flamethrower of modern design was patented in Germany by Richard Fiedler in 1901. During the same year, the German army funded his continued work on flamethrower designs. Fiedler, a private citizen, designed several flamethrowers models and presented a working product to the German…
Know Your White History: Wergeld
Wergeld This thread is all about your legal options if you were to travel back in time to medieval Europe and murder someone. It’s also about measuring the decline of the extended family and the origins of English individualism. On Bertha Phillpotts’ “Kindred and Clan in Past Time”. Say as an example you traveled back…
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The German K43 Rifle, Deutschland’s DMR
GERMAN K43 RIFLE: DEUTSCHLAND’S DMR K43 is German shorthand for Karabiner 43. The same weapon was also known as the Gewehr 43. A relatively simple gas-operated design, the K43 was the German answer to our M1 Garand. However, manufacturing pressures and a suboptimal design conspired to keep the K43 from reaching its full potential….
Know Your History: The Anglo-Saxon Calendar
The Anglo-Saxon Calendar I think it’s safe to say that everybody reading this will agree that the world is becoming worse off for increased homogenisation and the differences between peoples gradually being ironed out. In an era of aeroplanes and instant telecommunications it’s perhaps not realistic to go back to a world where each…
Know Your Southern History: Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas
Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas Grandson (excitedly): “Wait, I think I know!: was it black-eyed peas?” Grandpa: “Yes, that’s right. Although our ancestors from those days usually called them by other names such as ‘cornfield peas’ or ‘cow peas.’” Grandson: “Why did they call them that?” Grandpa: “They called them cow peas because they fed them to their cattle and…